O Street Viaduct

Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #158055

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Whipple through truss bridge over South Omaha Stockyards on "O" Street

Location

Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska

Status

Removed

History

Built in 1880s as a railroad bridge at Pocatello, ID and Unkown, WY; Relocated here 1904; Combination wood+iron Pratt replaced with a steel Pratt and concrete-encased steel deck girders added 1924; Removed 2001

Builder

- George S. Morison of New Bedford, Massachusetts

Railroads

- Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co. (O&CB)
- Streetcar

Design

Main span: Whipple through truss
Approach:
1904: Combination Pratt
1924: Steel Pratt & concrete-encased steel girders

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.20821, -95.95164   (decimal degrees)
41°12'30" N, 95°57'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/252530/4566072 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Omaha South

Inventory number

BH 44448 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• August 5, 2021: Updated by Luke: Expanded history
• August 5, 2021: Updated by Tony Dillon: Corrected location and fixed typos
• August 5, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• May 25, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• January 3, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Oops Q street was a different bridge, but I found out when they removed this one
• March 14, 2010: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

• HAER NE-10-E - South Omaha Union Stock Yards, "O" Street Viaduct, "O" Street Spanning Hog Pens; South Omaha Terminal, Omaha, Douglas County, NE
• Luke
• Geoff Hubbs
• Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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